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• ♦Manual Notice 2012-1
• ►1. Introduction
  • ►1. About this Manual
    • ♦Purpose
    • ♦Feedback
    • ►Abbreviations
• ►2. History of Bridge Inspection
  • ►1. Initial Reasons for Bridge Inspection
    • ♦Beginning of Bridge Inspection
    • ♦First Texas Bridge Inspection Program
  • ►2. Primary References
    • ♦Major Standards, Manuals, and Technical Advisories
  • ►3. AASHTO Inspection Manuals
    • ♦1970 and 1974 AASHTO Manuals
    • ♦1978 AASHTO Manual
    • ♦1983 AASHTO Manual
    • ♦AASHTO Interim Specifications
    • ♦1994 Rewrite of AASHTO Manual
    • ♦Current Status of AASHTO Manual
  • ►4. Federal and State Inspection Procedures
    • ♦The Bridge Inspector's Reference Manual
    • ♦Texas Bridge Inspection Procedures
• ►3. Qualifications and Responsibilities of Bridge Inspection Personnel
  • ►1. Requirements
    • ♦General Requirements
    • ♦Federal Requirements
    • ♦AASHTO Requirements
    • ♦TxDOT Requirements
  • ►2. TxDOT Bridge Inspection Personnel
    • ♦Specific Position Requirements
    • ♦Division Manager of Bridge Inspection Operations
    • ♦District Bridge Inspection Coordinators or Bridge Engineering Specialist in a Division
    • ♦Bridge Inspection Staff Technicians
  • ►3. Bridge Inspections by Consultants
    • ♦General Requirements
    • ♦Routine Bridge Inspections
    • ♦Complex Bridge Inspections
    • ♦Pre-certification Procedures for Consultants
  • ►4. Use of the Consultant Pool
    • ♦Request for Consultant Inspection
    • ♦Work Authorization Issuance
    • ♦Managing Consultant Bridge Inspections
    • ♦Evaluation of Bridge Inspection Consultant Firm and Project Manager
    • ♦Firm Evaluation
• ►4. Field Inspection Requirements
  • ►1. Types of Bridge Inspection
    • ♦
  • ►2. Initial Inspections
    • ♦Overview
  • ►3. Routine Inspections
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Inspection Equipment
  • ♦4. Event-Driven Inspections
  • ►5. In-Depth Inspections
    • ♦Reasons for In-Depth Inspections
    • ♦Underwater Inspections
    • ♦Underwater Inspection Methods
    • ♦Levels of Underwater Inspection
    • ♦Underwater Structural Elements
    • ♦Underwater Inspection Devices
    • ♦Underwater Structural Materials
    • ♦Fracture-Critical Inspections
    • ♦History of Fracture Critical Considerations
    • ♦Fatigue Failures
    • ♦Fracture-Critical Members
    • ♦Redundancy
    • ♦Inspection Procedures for Fracture Critical Members
    • ♦Fatigue and Fatigue Fracture
    • ♦Fatigue-Prone Details
    • ♦Weld Details
    • ♦Fatigue in Secondary Members
    • ♦Proper Welding and Repair Techniques
    • ♦FC Inspection Techniques
  • ►6. Special Inspections
    • ♦Overview
• ►5. Ratings and Load Posting
  • ►1. Condition Ratings
    • ♦Definition of Condition Ratings
    • ♦Recording Condition Ratings
    • ♦Assigning Condition Ratings
  • ►2. Appraisal Ratings
    • ♦Definition of Appraisal Ratings
    • ♦Appraisal Ratings
  • ►3. Load Ratings
    • ♦Definition of Load Ratings
    • ♦Determination of Load Ratings
    • ♦Inventory Rating and Design Load Considerations
    • ♦THD Design Supplement No. 1
    • ♦Customary Rating Procedures
    • ♦Rating Concrete Bridges with No Plans
    • ♦Examples of Rating Concrete Bridges with No Plans
    • ♦Ratings for Unusual Bridges
    • ♦H- and HS-Load Ratings
  • ►4. Legal Loads and Load Posting
    • ♦Definition of State Legal Loads
    • ♦Load Posting
    • ♦Procedures for Changing On-System Bridge Load Posting
    • ♦Procedures for Emergency On-System Bridge Load Posting
    • ♦Closure of Weak Bridges
    • ♦Off-System Bridge Closure Procedures
• ►6. Routing and Permits
  • ♦1. Role of District Permit Officers, District Bridge Inspection Coordinators, and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  • ►2. Permits
    • ♦OverHeight and OverWidth Permits
    • ♦Over-weight Permit Loads
    • ♦Superheavy Loads
    • ♦Other Differences Between Overweight Permits and Operating Rating
    • ♦Overloads on Posted or Substandard Bridges
    • ♦Pre- and Post-Move Inspection
  • ►3. Example Comparison of Inventory, Operating, and Permit Loads
    • ♦Typical Continuous I-Beam Bridge
    • ♦Rating Analysis Steps
    • ♦Results for I-Beam Bridge
    • ♦Discussion of the Analysis Comparisons
• ►7. Bridge Programming
  • ►1. Basis for Bridge Rehabilitation or Replacement
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Structurally Deficient
    • ♦Functionally Obsolete
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Federal Bridge Program
    • ♦Funding Classifications
    • ♦Selection Process
    • ♦Structural Deficiency
    • ♦Functional Obsolescence
  • ►3. Sufficiency Ratings
    • ♦Calculation of Sufficiency Ratings
  • ►4. Bridge Management System
    • ♦Overview
• ►8. Bridge Records
  • ►1. Definition of Terms
    • ♦
  • ►2. Inspection Requirements
    • ♦General Requirements
    • ♦Tools and Safety Equipment
    • ♦Coordination with TxDOT District
    • ♦Email and Correspondence
    • ♦Quality Control Program
  • ►3. Coding Guidelines
    • ♦Summary of Instructions
    • ♦Multiple-Pipe Culverts
    • ♦Data Quality
  • ►4. Inspection Documentation
    • ♦Inspection File Contents - On System Bridges
    • ♦Inspection File Contents - Off System Bridges
  • ►5. Calculations
    • ♦General Calculation Requirements
    • ♦Calculations for On-System Bridges
    • ♦Calculations for Off-System Bridges
  • ►6. Data Submittal
    • ♦General Data Submittal Requirements
    • ♦Photographs
    • ♦Presentation of Documents
    • ♦On-System Data
    • ♦Off-System Data
    • ♦Summary Packages
    • ♦Scour Records and Reports
  • ►7. The Bridge Folder
    • ♦Folder Information (for on- and off-system bridges)
    • ♦Folder Assembly
• ►9. Quality Control/Quality Assurance Program
  • ►1. Introduction of QC/QA Program
    • ♦Quality Control
    • ♦Quality Assurance
    • ♦Reviews
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Quality Control
    • ♦Program Personnel Qualifications
    • ♦Bridge Division
    • ♦Districts
    • ♦Consultants
    • ♦Review Procedures
  • ►3. Quality Assurance
    • ♦Quality Assurance Overview
    • ♦Quality Assurance District Reviews
    • ♦Quality Assurance Meetings
    • ♦Summary
• ►A. State and Federal Regulations
• ►B. Links to Coding Guidelines
• ♦Index

Bridge Inspection Manual

December 2012

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